Cultivator-shovel.



W. J. HERSGHER. UULTIVATOR SHOVEL.

APPLIGAIION FILED JAN. 16, 1909.

959,52&, Patented May 31,1910.

iinrrn WILLIAM J. HERSCHER, 0F BUCKINGHAM, ILLINOIS.

CULTIVATOR-SHOVEL.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 31, 1910.

Application filed January 16, 1909. Serial No. 472,694.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM J. Hnasonnn, a citizen of the United States,residing at Buckingham, in the county of Kankakee and State of Illinois,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cultivator-Shovels, of which the following is a specification, reference being hadto the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to improvements in cultivator shovels havingdetachable points,

and consists of the novel features of construction hereinafter fullydescribed and claimed.

The object of the invention is to provide a more simple, practical andefiective fastening for securing a detachable shovel point so that thelatter will be efiectively supported and clamped.

The above and other objects of the invention are accomplished in theconstruction illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1is a rear elevation of a cultivator shovel constructed in accordancewith the invention; Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same, parts beingbroken away and in section; Fig. 3 is a detail horizontal section takenon the plane indicated by the line 3-8 in Fig. 2; and Fig. 4: is a frontelevation of the combined connecting plate for the sections of theshovel and the attaching clamp for the shovel.

The improved'cultivator shovel consists of a body section 1, a pointsection 2 and a combined shovel attaching clamp and connecting member orplate 3. The body section 1 is here shown as of rectangular form andprovided with a slight longitudinal curvature while the point section 2is of triangular-shape, its downwardly converging side edges havingtheir under faces beveled, as shown at 4, to provide sharp edges 5. Theabutting lower edge of the body section 1 and horizontal upper edge ofthe point section 2 are square so as to fit each other and they are heldin contact by the combined clamp and connecting member or plate 8 whichhas at its lower end an enlarged substantially semicircular portion orhead 6 having a front face to bear against the flat rear faces of thesections 1, 2, of the shovel. This head 6 is formed upon its bottom andopposite sides with an integral flange 6 so that the entire lower end orhead 6 covers the majority portion of the abutting ends of the sections1, 2, as clearly shown in Fig. 1. This construction causes the lowerpoint section 2 to be effectively supported and greatly strengthens thedevice. The central portion of the head 6 and the lower portion of theflange 6 are formed with apertures 7 8, to receive bolts 9, 10, theupper bolt 9 passing through the upper section, and the lower bolt 10passing through the section 2, as clearly shown in Fig. 2. The member 3is further secured to the body section 1 by a bolt 12 which passesthrough the upper por tion of said body section and through an aperture13 in the flattened upper end 1a of said member 3. The intermediateportion of the member 3 carries a clamp whereby the device is attachedto a depending standard, indicated at S in Fig. 2, on a cultivator, plowor the like. This clamp consists of a stationary member formed by makingthe intermediate portion of the member 3 with a concaved seat 15 on oneside of which is formed a hook 16 and on the other side a bifurcated lugor projection 17. The movable member 18 of the clamp is curvedtransversely to provide a seat 19 opposed to the seat 15, and at one endit is apertured, as shown at 20, to receive the hook 16 while at itsother end it is apertured, as shown at 21, to receive a clampin bolt 22,the head 23 of which is set in the bi urcated or forked projection 17,as clearly shown in Figs. 3 and a of the drawings. This clamp, it willbe noted, enables the device to be readily applied to, adjusted upon,ordremoved from a cultivator shovel standar Having thus described theinvention what is claimed is:

The herein described cultivator shovel comprising body and pointsections arranged with their edges abutting, a combined attaching clampand connecting member having flattened upper and lower ends, the lowerend being formed upon its bottom and side edges with an outwardlyprojecting integral flange 6 to extend over the abutting edges ing meansupon the intermediate portion of of the two sections, and to provide asupport said member.

for the lower point section, bolts passed through the upper and lowerends of said 5 member and the upper body section, another bolt passedthrough the lower central portion of the flange 6 and said lower pointsection, and standard and receiving clamp- In testimony whereof Ihereunto aflix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

WM. J. I IERSCHER. Witnesses:

J OHN D. RHODES, WM. BURTON.

